South Australia 110 and 53 for 3 trails New South Wales 394 (Patterson 71, Maddinson 69, Davies 56, Gilkes 55, McAndrew 4-90) by 231 runs
Dropped from NSW’s Sheffield Shield team for most of last summer and fearing his career could be over, Patterson hit three half-centuries in a row for the Blues on Friday. With NSW on top, Patterson scored 71 to help NSW to 394 at the end of the second day and a first innings lead of 284 at Karen Rolton Oval.
Patterson took his time during most of his innings, smashing two boundaries through covers and another at mid-wicket. The two-time Test representative eventually lost his leg stump trying to watch Brendan Doggett, but Patterson has now clearly given himself a second life as a first-class cricketer.
He has posted scores of 91, 66 and 71 since his return earlier this month, after only being withdrawn when New South Wales ran out of batsmen during Australia A duties.
With a floppy hat, Davies used his feet to hit Pope for four through cover, down the ground for a big six and then over cover for four again in quick succession.
Matthew Gilkes also scored 55, while Nathan McAndrew scored 4 for 90 for South Australia and Doggett 3 for 90. However, no South Australian could replicate the joy of NSW veteran Bird on day one, who established the dominance of the Blues.
